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Lord Grey Academy is celebrating their GCSE results today. Matching last year’s Teacher Assessment Grades and a 20% increase on 2019 examination grades.

Our motto is Lord Grey Can and Lord Grey students most definitely did!

63% of all students achieved English and Maths GCSE at Grade 4 and above.

51% of students achieved five or more GCSEs including English and Maths.

At vocational level, 68% Level 2 Distinction.

The determination and motivation of the Lord Grey students has ensured that the outcomes are a real credit to them, supported by our high-quality teaching from Teaching staff and our high-quality pastoral provision. These results show a true reflection of the work our students have put into their studies, and Lord Grey Academy wishes them every success as they prepare for the next chapter in their lives.

After our extremely successful A Level and vocational results last week as well as our GOOD OFSTED rating in June, these results truly are the icing on the cake.

Associate Principal, Mrs Samantha Satyanadhan commented that,

“all of our students have shown huge determination and high levels of motivation in their studies. We are so very proud of all of them for their educational journey over the last 5 years; these results are absolutely amazing and all the students have blown us away with the tenacity that they have shown. Our motto is Lord Grey CAN and today we have demonstrated how we live and breathe this. Lord Grey has the commitment to support students to achieve what they want in life. My thanks go, as always, to the wonderful staff who are part of the Lord Grey community”.

As always, we are delighted with the performance of all of our students. A few highlights: 

• Abid- 999988887
• Ella- 99987776
• Michael – 9988865
• Abdul- 988877766
• Desiree- 9877766666
• Sara- Distinction*, 9887777
• Rifath- 88888888
• Rosie- Distinction*, 88777766

We would like to give a big well done to all our students and their families and would like to remind students to remember to register for a place in our very popular Sixth Form as soon as possible.

OFSTED 2022: “Culture of Learning (at Lord Grey)- leaders have created a focused learning community where the vast majority of pupils enjoy learning and can see that they are making good progress through the curriculum. There is a buzz of positivity in lessons”

Lord Grey Academy is celebrating the successes of their Year 13 students today, after they have achieved fantastic results in their recent exams. The determination and motivation of the Lord Grey students has ensured that the outcomes are a real credit to them, a reflection of the work they have put into their studies, and Lord Grey Academy wish them every success as they prepare for the next chapter in their lives.

98% of entries achieved an A level at A*-E with 64% of all grades between A*-C. 21% of grades were A*/A.

At vocational level, the average grade was a Distinction with 61% of students achieving two or more vocational qualifications.

Associate Principal, Mrs Samantha Satyanadhan commented that,

“All of our students have shown that Lord Grey Can in the most extraordinary of circumstances. These are the first examinations for this cohort who were educated at home for their GCSEs and the start of their Level 3 vocational and A Level courses. We are so very proud of all of them for this journey but these results are absolutely amazing. Students from Lord Grey will be leaving here to take up places ranging from the academic heights of Cambridge and Nottingham to highly acclaimed vocational courses at Universities such as Coventry, Sheffield Hallam and to eagerly sought after apprenticeship schemes such as Roche, Network Rail and Bellway Homes. Lord Grey has the commitment to support students to achieve what they want in life and we are dedicated to our motto that Lord Grey Can! My thanks go as always to my Sixth Form leadership team and the wonderful staff who are part of the Lord Grey community.”

As always, we are delighted with the performance of all of our students.

A few highlights:

Daniel – A*, A*, A*, A*
Iarina – A- A*, A*, A
Irfa – A, 3x Distinction*

Harry – Distinction*, Distinction, B
Louise – A*, A, B, B

Akeel – 2x Distinction * and a distinction
Charlotte – A* and 2 Distinction*

We would like to give a big well done to all our students and their families.

OFSTED 2022: “Staff work hard to make sure that students go to whichever provider is right for them and their aspirations… the moral focus of leaders: they want the best for each pupil in the school”

Lord Grey Academy is making some changes to the PE Kit that students are permitted to wear, by including plain black shorts, jogging bottoms and leggings. You can find the Uniform and Equipment list here.

The following links are examples of the kit that will be permitted.

Shorts

Sondico Boys Football Shorts
Nike Juniors Shorts
Asda Black Football Short
Matalan Boys Black Shorts
Unisex Football Shorts

Jogging Bottoms

Nike Soccer Tracksuit bottoms
Nike Sweatpants
Lonsdale Tracksuit Bottoms
Slazenger Jogging Bottoms

Leggings

USA Pro Seamless Leggings
Adidas Stripe Leggings
Adidas Ladies Leggings
Asda Girls Active School Leggings

For the last few months, Shaun has shown determination and ambition as he has taken part in DJ Academy with Mr Jones.

To complete his course, Mr Jones and Shaun decided that Shaun would make a Summer Mix.

Shaun has thought long and hard about which songs to use, and has created a great Summer Mix, which we’re excited to share with you here.

Lord Grey Academy had a Section 5 OFSTED inspection on 24th and 25th May 2022.  We have received the report and are pleased to be able to share it with you before it is officially published on the Ofsted website.

I am very pleased to announce that Lord Grey Academy has been judged to be good in all areas. I am particularly pleased that inspectors saw how our character values underpin our work at Lord Grey and that we have set very high expectations for our students.  I am also delighted that the work of the SEND department has been recognised and that inspectors were impressed with how children with additional needs are supported in lessons.

The inspection was a very thorough process and during the two days the six inspectors visited many lessons, particularly in the subjects that they identified for deep dives.  Ofsted inspectors like to have a more detailed look at certain subjects and for this inspection they chose to look in depth in English, science, geography, physical education, art and Spanish.  The inspection team also scrutinised many exercise books and examples of student work and held several student discussion panels with students.  Over 100 students from across the years were spoken to and questioned in these group discussions.  At social time at break and lunch inspectors spoke to many more to find out their wider experiences of school.  Inspectors met with a range of staff members and took into account the views of parents through the online survey.

From all of the evidence collected by the team during the inspection they have identified two things that we need to work on further.  These are already high priority areas for development and we share the frustrations that students and parents feel about the small number of students who do not follow the Lord Grey Way.  As our focus on these areas continues, we will update parents on progress on a regular basis.

I would like to publicly thank the many parents who provided really valuable feedback for the inspectors.  I’d also like to thank members of the Local Governing Body and staff from the Tove Learning Trust for their support during the inspection who took time out from their busy schedules to speak to the inspectors.

It is heartening to have feedback from external agencies that supports our own view that Lord Grey Academy is a good school and we are now even more focused on ensuring that the school becomes even better.  I believe that our focus on character education will help us to do this and help us to live out our belief that there is nothing that should hold back the achievement of our students.

Lord Grey Can!

Samantha Satyanadhan
Associate Principal

Exam boards have now published their advanced information for the summer exam series.  Advanced information is not needed in some subjects (identified below) as adjustments have already been made to the course.  Where there is advanced information, the hyperlinks will take you to the Exam board subject pages.

• AQA and Pearson Edexcel links will take you to the exam board subjects homepage, please scroll down to the bottom of the pages to access the information. 
• OCR Links will take you to a drop down menu, select GCSE and subject.
• WJEC will take you straight to the information. It is important to note that the advanced information is for higher tariff marks, other content could still be assessed.

We are now in the process of linking revision resources for each topic to help students organise their revision, we hope to have these completed by half term.